LtBW Progress! #3

So it's been awhile since posting anything new, but I've been meaning to type this up for awhile now. As of right now I am 20 lbs. down from when I started ACTUALLY keeping track of my weight loss, which was the beginning of December. The best thing is that there are no real tricks besides what everyone always tells you:: lots of water, correct portions, small HEALTHY snacks, and exercise. [:

Now, I've been stuck at this 20 lbs loss for about a month now, which is a little disheartening, but really it's because my husband and I have been doing strength routines at the gym to tone my arms. I started out not being able to bench the bar [45 lbs] to now adding on 10 lb. weights to both sides [65 total!]. I'm proud to share that I have muscles in my arms that you can actually FEEL and SEE [although not like a completely ripped person, you know?], and my arms have less fat. [:

If you're curious to hear my workout routine, I'll share a little bit with you. I get on the treadmill or elliptical [recently finding out that I work harder on the elliptical because I don't like to slow down, and I control my speed] and work for at least one mile, aiming for two. Sometimes I put a time preference in it from 15-25 minutes. It honestly isn't going to hurt you to be on there longer, I just have two babies at home I want to get back to. [Don't worry, there's a sitter!] After my cardio I head to the weights. My husband has a nice schedule worked out...
Monday: Chest and Triceps
Tuesday: Back
Wednesday: Shoulders
Thursday: Biceps and Forearms
Friday: Legs
He breaks on Saturday and Sunday, where I usually polish up all of the groups just to get that good feeling. After the strength routine I work my abs quickly, and head home.

Anyway, that's my quick update for my baby weight loss! [: I'm happy with my loss, but hopefully I can lose another 20-30 lbs before my birthday, 6 more months!

LtBW Progress. #2

I've hit a rut... Actually, I hit a rut a long time ago. I'm still doing my workouts, as much as I can, but the craving of Pepsi has ruined me. I've made a new deal with Casey, limit one soda per week... FOR BOTH OF US. Lucky him, he can drink beer as a substitute. I don't like beer, so we're pretty much stuck on water for me... which is fine, faster weight loss!

Anyhow. On top of that the Jillian sight is too much work to keep up with. My stepmom has lost 20 pounds on Nutrisystem in about 2 months with NO exercise, so I was just looking over the mealplans and such and it looks like they have enough food for my pickiness to overcome, but it's $300 for every 4 weeks and my husband thinks that I'm not going to like the taste of half the foods I thought looked good. He said I can only do Nutrisystem IF AND ONLY IF I can stick with it, no matter how gross I think it is. You get to customize your meal plans, picking out only foods that you like, but there's still no guarantee I'd like some of it... sooooo... I'm turning it down for the time being.

I'm hoping to do at least one Jillian workout, still, everyday, and some extra workouts as I play and have fun on the KINECT. [: So, we'll see. I don't know what my starting weight was when I started the "LtBW" thing, but I've only got a little under 50 pounds to lose to my ideal weight. [Only about 40-ish to my pre-pregnancy size.] More updates TO COME!

Losing the Baby Weight, Day 1.

I'm going to nickname these "LtBW" in the labels, and in the titles, so for anyone looking to lose weight post-baby... I recommend looking specifically for those.

Today I started my weight loss plan, after having two babies back-to-back... I figure it's about time I get into shape, right? My goal is to be back to my pre-pregnancy size, or smaller, by summer. Fingers crossed, right?

A fellow Army wife, who also happens to be an ex-girlfriend to both of my brothers, had two babies almost 2 years ago now. She just recently got into her pre-pregnancy size 0 [although she says she's not the same weight, but at least her old jeans fit, right?]. I asked how she did it:: "A Jillian Michaels DVD every other day during the girls' nap, on the off days Wii Fit because it's still a workout but it's less intense and fun, so it's like a break. Also, South Beach Diet. For two weeks you have absolutely no carbs, and it may be hard, but it's worth it. After that you slowly introduce carbs back into your diet. Typically people lose about 20 pounds in the first two weeks."

Lucky me, I already had a Jillian DVD, which I did today [30 Day Shred] and it kicked my butt! But... I felt so much better afterwards. I have the Wii Fit, but I feel like I have much more to lose than Mel, so for now I'll stick to kicking my own butt with a Jillian workout every day. As for the South Beach Diet... 20 pounds in 2 weeks would be AWESOME, but almost all I eat is carbs. So... we'll see how that goes.

On my Jillian DVD it came with a code for a 30-day free trial to her website, which I signed up for. I plan on getting all that I can out of those 30 days while I can. I'm also buying her book "Mastering Your Metabolism" [it's much cheaper on Amazon, and there's nothing wrong with buying it used!] and possibly another DVD or two. This along with cutting out soda [I already have a limited amount of food intake] slowly will be my workout routine until Christmas, at which point I will be adding in XBox360's Dance Central for Kinect [I'm so excited!], and in January I'm buying some Reebok Easytone shoes for an extra boost.

I'm going to keep my blog posted on updates, hopefully every day, and we'll see how fast my progress goes. I may not look very heavy, but I feel huge, not to mention my weight is ridiculous in my eyes. Right now... we've got 53 pounds to lose to my goal weight! LET'S GET THIS GOING!